The
Rational Argumentator
G. Stolyarov II - Contributions
2. To Post-Modernists:- August 31, 2002
3. Identifying Antiprogressivism:- September 1, 2002
4. Fields of Desolation:- September 1, 2002
5. An Objectivist Condemnation of Abortion:- September 1, 2002
6. Panacea: How a Single Executive Decision Can Win Conservatives Victories on Three Fronts:- September 1, 2002
7. Navigator:- September 2, 2002
8. Please Help Us All, West:- September 2, 2002
9. Anti-Imperialism: The Smear Campaign Against Western Values:- September 2, 2002
10. A Tribute to Goethe:- September 2, 2002
11. No Tolerance:- September 2, 2002
12. The Right of Self:- September 2, 2002
13. An Essay on the Fallacies of Semantic Feminism:- September 3, 2002
14. The Bleeding Hearts' Hypocrisy:- September 3, 2002
15. Enlightened Monarch: The Story of Frederick the Great:- September 3, 2002
16. An Essay on the Genuine Meaning of Beauty:- September 4, 2002
17. The Rule of I:- September 4, 2002
18. Mugabe, the Protesters, and the Totalitarian Alliance:- September 5, 2002
19. An Essay Questioning the Validity of Religions:- September 6, 2002
20. Toy Soldiers:- September 6, 2002
21. The Tale of the Cowardly Climber:- September 7, 2002
22. Auditory Enlightenment:- September 8, 2002
23. On the Cancellation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty:- September 9, 2002
24. Voltaire:- September 9, 2002
25. Imperator:- September 10, 2002
26. An Address to Fundamentalists:- September 11, 2002
27. Aspirations:- September 11, 2002
28. The ABCs of a Desired Establishment:- September 11, 2002
29. Greatness Incarnate: An Analysis of the Life and Contributions of Napoleon Bonaparte I:- September 15, 2002
30. What is Conservatism?:- September 17, 2002
31. An Essay on Pleasure and the Desired Attitude Toward It:- September 19, 2002
32. The Morality of Cloning:- September 19, 2002
33. Bum:- September 20, 2002
34. Regulation in Medicine Kills:- September 22, 2002
35. On Happiness in Value:- September 27, 2002
36. Rhazes: The Thinking Western Physician:- September 29, 2002
37. False Artistry:- September 30, 2002
38. Why Poetry Must Rhyme:- October 1, 2002
39. Relativism is Racist:- October 4, 2002
40. Ayn Rand Institute versus Censorship:- October 8, 2002
41. Daleford v. Stolyarov: A Euthanasia Debate:- October 13, 2002
42. Light Replacing Darkness: A Story of Spanish Colonization in the Americas:- October 27, 2002
43. Upon an Ancient Mayan Ruin:- October 29, 2002
44. An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Early Western Expansion:- November 6, 2002
45. Airplane:- November 11, 2002
46. The Magnate and the Moon:- November 24, 2002
47. On Fundamentalism and the Need for Separation of Church and State:- November 27, 2002
48. The Thinker's Triumph:- December 4, 2002
49. William Harvey: The Bridge to the Scientific Revolution:- December 21, 2002
50. The Grievous Error of the Draft:- January 16, 2003
51. Christmas Demystified:- January 19, 2003
52. Upon the Shuttle Columbia Accident:- February 4, 2003
53. On the Periodicity of Pythagorean Triples and Their Association with Radial Numbers of Inscribed Circles:- February 6, 2003
54. Corollaries to Stolyarov's Theorem:- February 7, 2003
55. Orwell's Warning: Collectivism:- February 12, 2003
56. Orwell's Warning: Antiprogressivism:- February 14, 2003
57. Further Corollaries to Stolyarov's Theorem:- February 14, 2003
58. "Chicago:" The Decadence of Elitist Cinema:- February 16, 2003
59. Corollaries to Stolyarov’s Theorem Concerning the Macroperiodicity of Pythagorean Triple Progressions:- February 25, 2003
60. There Was a Time:- March 18, 2003
61. To Saddam Hussein:- March 26, 2003
62. Stolyarov’s Twelfth Corollary: Derivations of Angular Tangent Relationships Using Radial Periodicity of Fundamental Pythagorean Triples:- April 9, 2003
63. Orwell's Warning: Relativism:- April 10, 2003
64. Orwell's Warning: Doublethink:- April 11, 2003
65. Orwell's Warning: Popular Culture:- April 14, 2003
66. Orwell's Warning: Newspeak:- April 16, 2003
67. The Creator's Melody:- April 16, 2003
68. And Death Shall Be No More:- April 19, 2003
69. Orwell's Warning: Vaporization:- April 19, 2003
70. Orwell's Warning: The Origin of Tyranny:- April 29, 2003
71. The Caste Impeding India's Social Mobility:- May 4, 2003
72. On the Causes for the General Failures Encountered by Africa Post-Independence:- May 5, 2003
73. Hazing, Collectivism, and Traditionalism:- May 9, 2003
74. Refutations of Respectable Fallacies Concerning the Iraq War:- May 11, 2003
75. Illinois Tool Works: The Essence of Innovative Business:- May 16, 2003
76. Who Says Man's Body's Perfect?:- June 2, 2003
77. Nihilist Mutants: A Discussion:- June 13, 2003
78. Fashionable Fallacies (#1-2): - June 14, 2003
79. Fashionable Fallacies (#3-9):- June 16, 2003
80. Mixed Premises: A Critique of Murray Rothbard's "Sociology of the Ayn Rand Cult:"- June 18, 2003
81. The Fundamentals of Stolyarovian Continuum Theory:- June 25, 2003
82. A Campaign for Liberty: The Liberian Occupation:- July 7, 2003
83. Fashionable Fallacies (#10-12):- July 15, 2003
84. Liberation, Op. 20: - July 16, 2003
85. Dawn of the New Renaissance, Op. 21:- July 16, 2003
86. Waltz #2, Op. 13:- July 18, 2003
87. Discoverer, Op. 16:- July 20, 2003
88. Triumphant Endeavor, Op. 19:- July 20, 2003
89. Anthem: The Prison of Collectivism and the Escape:- July 22, 2003
90. The Fundamentals of Laissez-Faire Meritocracy:- July 31, 2003
91. Victory in the Persian Gulf, March #3, Op. 23:- August 4, 2003
92. The Inexperienced:- August 8, 2003
93. The Public-Private Ethical Distinction:- August 15, 2003
94. Politeness and Objective Ethics:- August 25, 2003
95. Fur Coats and Jewelry: Rationality or Ritual?:- August 25, 2003
96. Fashionable Fallacies (#13-18):- August 25, 2003
97. Freedom Minuet, Op. 22:- August 27, 2003
98. Fount of Clarity, Op. 24:- September 29, 2003
99. The Ishmael Paradigm:- October 10, 2003
100. The Inventor, Op. 18:- October 10, 2003
101. Anti-Concepts of the Modern Newspeak:- October 10, 2003
102. The Orwellian Popular Culture of Modernity:- October 12, 2003
103. The Trigger of Justice:- October 21, 2003
104. The Evil of Forced Volunteerism:- November 3, 2003
105. The "Trigger of Justice" Debate: Olson v. Stolyarov:- November 17, 2003
106. An Exposition of Stolyarovian Functions:- November 17, 2003
107. Waltz #3, Op. 25:- November 17, 2003
108. Liberty in Exile:- November 27, 2003
109. The Rational Man's Dilemma:- December 21, 2003
110. The Mutability of Past:- December 27, 2003
111. Study #1 in C, Op. 6:- January 3, 2004
112. Exquisite Minuet (Minuet #2), Op. 26:- January 3, 2004
113. An Objective Filosofy of Linguistics:- January 5, 2004
114. 1984-Style Surveillance, Today:- February 20, 2004
115. The Orwellian Dystopia of Business Regulation:- February 20, 2004
116. The Challenge, Op. 28:- March 9, 2004
117. Eden Against the Colossus: Prologue:- March 19, 2004
118. An Objectivist Statement of Resolves:- March 20, 2004
119. A Review of Henry Emrich's Battlefield of the Mind:- April 26, 2004
120. The Lemmings:- April 26, 2004
121. On the Nature and Origins of Life:- April 28, 2004
122. Stolyarov's Formula of Comparative Abundance:- May 4, 2004
123. The Vile Draft I:- May 25, 2004
124. The Vile Draft II:- May 26, 2004
125. The Vile Draft III: A Call to Action- May 27, 2004
126. The Draft Dodger- June 2, 2004
127. A Rational Defense of Marriage:- June 11, 2004
128. Abortion versus Selfishness: Obstruction by Periferals:- June 16, 2004
129. A Review of Vilfredo Pareto's The Rise and Fall of Elites:- June 20, 2004
130. The New Renaissance Hat: A Symbol for the Revival of Reason:- June 20, 2004
131. The Mark of the Fanatic:- June 24, 2004
132. Michael Moore's Mystery Message:- June 28, 2004
133. Argumentum ad Experientiam:- July 6, 2004
134. Post-Veto Authority:- July 11, 2004
135. Tale of an Arabic Mathematician:- July 16, 2004
136. Eden against the Colossus: Chapter I:- July 17, 2004
137. The Necessity of Road Privatization:- July 17, 2004
138. Mistakes Concerning Infinity:- July 21, 2004
139. Monologue of Immortal Man:- July 30, 2004
140. A Review of Hans-Hermann Hoppe's Democracy: The God that Failed:- August 12, 2004
141. Schieder v. Stolyarov: An Abortion Debate:- August 13, 2004
142. Schieder v. Stolyarov: An Abortion Debate: Round 2:- August 18, 2004
143. Advertise Permanently on TRA for $1 to Fight Aging:- August 23, 2004
144. Lukashenko: The Antithesis of Freedom:- August 23, 2004
145. A Review of Christopher Schlegel's Symphony #3: The Virtues of Man:- August 29, 2004
146. Schieder v. Stolyarov: An Abortion Debate: Round 3:- August 31, 2004
147. A Review of Christopher Schlegel's Piano Waltzes:- September 4, 2004
148. On Poetic Clarity:- September 10, 2004
149. A Review of Christopher Schlegel's Symphony #6: The Values of Man:- September 16, 2004
150. Machiavelli and Erasmus Compared:- September 16, 2004
151. A Review of Christopher Schlegel's Piano Concertos 1 & 2:- September 27, 2004
152. An Intellectual Adventure:- October 2, 2004
153. The Objectivist-Extropian Synthesis:- October 14, 2004
154. John Kerry against Our Sacred Liberties:- October 27, 2004
155. A Review of John Enright's Unholy Quest:- November 27, 2004
156. Rideau v. Stolyarov: A Debate of Anarchy versus Limited Government:- December 9, 2004
157. The Province of the Liberal Arts:- January 3, 2005
158. The Human Personality, Just Laws, and Laissez-Faire:- January 3, 2005
159. The Immorality of Government Tsunami Relief:- January 3, 2005
160. A Review of Christopher Schlegel's Until:- January 16, 2005
161. Somebody Else:- January 20, 2005
162. Goddess of the Mind: A Tribute to Ayn Rand:- February 2, 2005
163. Professor Hoppe against Political Correctness:- February 8, 2005
164. A Call for the Urgent Abolition of Social Security:- March 1, 2005
165. What Free Speech is Not:- March 8, 2005
166. Against Humility:- March 10, 2005
167. A Review of Christopher Schlegel's Symphony #1 in C Major:- March 16, 2005
168. A Principled and Fundamental Opposition to the Savage Murder of Terri Schiavo:- March 26, 2005
169. Thirty-Three Challenges to Robert Murphy's Theory of Market Anarchy in Law and Defense:- April 1, 2005
170. The Fysicalist View of Life, Consciousness, and Volition:- April 28, 2005
171. To Liberalize or to Perish: The Political and Economic Future of Europe:- May 22, 2005
172. Homosexuality: A Chosen Harm:- May 26, 2005
173. The Objectivity of Consciousness:- June 5, 2005
174. A Review of Gen LaGreca's Noble Vision:- June 11, 2005
175. Minuet #5 (Renaissance Minuet), Op. 39:- June 20, 2005
176. Waltz #4, Op. 40:- June 20, 2005
177. Prelude #2, Op. 41:- June 20, 2005
178. Minuet #6 (Baroque Minuet), Op. 43:- June 20, 2005
179. A Review of Christopher Schlegel's Symphony #2 in E Minor:- June 20, 2005
180. A Review of Christopher Schlegel's Symphony #4 in F Major:- June 21, 2005
181. A Review of Christopher Schlegel's Symphony #5 in G# Minor:- June 21, 2005
182. Noble Aspirations, Op. 42:- June 21, 2005
183. March #7 (Glory and Purpose), Op. 44:- June 21, 2005
184. The Axiomatic, Ubiquitous, and Commonsense: - July 6, 2005
185. Apollo v. Stolyarov or How Not to Behave in an Argument:- July 13, 2005
186. How Can One Design a Better Widget?:- July 18, 2005
187. Not So Objective "Objective Medicine:"- July 21, 2005
188. Premises and Practices of an Effective Rational Orator:- July 23, 2005
189. On Relationships Prior to Marriage:- July 28, 2005
190. Rational Argumentation in Text:- August 5, 2005
191. The War on Our Own Citizens: Airport "Security":- August 8, 2005
192. Chaos Theory is not Chaotic:- August 13, 2005
193. Extremism versus Fanaticism:- August 16, 2005
194. The Fundamental Cultural Antagonism:- August 18, 2005
195. On Old-Fashioned Progress:- August 23, 2005
196. The Nature and Purpose of Literary Analysis:- August 28, 2005
197. A Rational Cosmology: Introduction:- September 16, 2005
198. A Rational Cosmology: Chapter II: The Universe:- September 16, 2005
199. A Rational Cosmology: Chapter III: Space:- September 16, 2005
200. A Rational Cosmology: Chapter IV: Change and Time:- September 16, 2005
201. A Rational Cosmology: Chapter V: Motion:- September 16, 2005
202. A Rational Cosmology: Chapter VI: Waves:- September 16, 2005
203. A Rational Cosmology: Chapter VII: Light:- September 16, 2005
204. A Rational Cosmology: Chapter VIII: Forces:- September 16, 2005
205. A Rational Cosmology: Chapter XIII: The Implications of Rational Cosmology:- September 16, 2005
206. Austrian School Arguments on the Free Market Origin of Money: - October 3, 2005
207. Austrian Economics and Marginal Utility:- October 5, 2005
208. Austrian Economics and Time Preference:- October 5, 2005
209. Austrian Economics and Roundabout Processes of Production:- October 5, 2005
210. A Defense of the Right:- October 12, 2005
211. Austrian Economics and Models of Rest:- November 2, 2005
212. The Austrian School View of Income Types in the Evenly Rotating Economy:- November 2, 2005
213. Austrian Economics and Kirznerian Entrepreneurship:- November 2, 2005
214. Austrian Economics and Hayek's View of the Market Process:- November 2, 2005
215. Austrian Economics and Consumer Sovereignty:- November 2, 2005
216. Monogamous Casual Intercourse: Contradiction in Terms:- November 21, 2005
217. Praxeology and Certainty of Knowledge:- December 7, 2005
218. Kent Worthington on Consistency and Contradiction: How Ideas Work Review Series: Part I- December 18, 2005
219. Kent Worthington on Similarity and Difference: How Ideas Work Review Series: Part II- December 19, 2005
220. Kent Worthington on Cause and Effect: How Ideas Work Review Series: Part III- December 19, 2005
221. Kent Worthington on Inference and Proof: How Ideas Work Review Series: Part IV- December 20, 2005
222. Kent Worthington on Certainty and Error: How Ideas Work Review Series: Part V- December 20, 2005
223. Natural Law and the Impropriety of Self-Sacrifice: A Review of the "Chronicles of Narnia" Film:- December 29, 2005
224. Wealth is Produced:- December 29, 2005
225. Modern Scientists' Faulty Definitions of Matter: Errors of Post-Classical Fysics Series: Part I - January 5, 2006
226. Light is not a Particle:- Errors of Post-Classical Fysics Series: Part II- January 6, 2006
227. Light is not a Wave:- Errors of Post-Classical Fysics Series: Part III- January 7, 2006
228. Radio Signals are not Waves: Errors of Post-Classical Fysics Series: Part IV- January 9, 2006
229. Rational Cosmology and Lasers: Errors of Post-Classical Fysics Series: Part V - January 9, 2006
230. Polarization of Light without the Wave Model: Errors of Post-Classical Fysics Series: Part VI- January 12, 2006
231. Transmission without Travel: The Behavior of Light: Errors of Post-Classical Fysics Series: Part VII- January 13, 2006
232. Rational Happiness, Op. 45:- January 13, 2006
233. Minuet #7 (Classical Minuet), Op. 46: - January 13, 2006
234. The Evil of Islamist Intolerance:- February 7, 2006
235. Mises and Hayek: Champions of Economic Liberty:- February 7, 2006
236. The Universal Validity of Euclidean Geometry:- February 15, 2006
237. The Uniqueness of Parallel Lines:- February 15, 2006
238. Why Public Utility Monopolies Fail:- February 19, 2006
239. The Capital Punishment Imperative:- February 20, 2006
240. Murphy v. Stolyarov: Debate on Capital Punishment: Round 2:- February 26, 2006
241. An Objectivist Condemnation of Abortion: Edition II:- February 27, 2006
242. Cl�ante: Spokesman for a Rational Morality:- March 4, 2006
243. The Austrian Rejection of Indifference: The Caplan-Callahan Debate:- March 9, 2006
244. An Outline and Defense of a Properly Limited Government:- March 14, 2006
245. Utility Functions or Value Scales?: Bryan Caplan's Debate with Austrian Economists:- March 14, 2006
246. The Consistency of Mises's Formulation of the Socialist Calculation Problem:- March 14, 2006
247. Penance on the Edge of a Blade: The Debunking of the False Dichotomy between Integrity and Survival in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:- March 14, 2006
248. What
Candide Learns and Pococurante Does Not: Voltaire's Insistence on the
Importance of Rational Expectations to Human Flourishing:- March 14, 2006
249. Murray Rothbard's Ideas of Demonstrated Preference and Their Use in Defense of a Free Market:- April 2, 2006
250. Carl Menger, Individualism, Marginal Utility, and the Revival of Economics:- April 4, 2006
251. Entities and Spatial Continuity:- April 4, 2006
252. Doubt the Action Axiom? Try to Disprove It:- April 5, 2006
253. George Selgin's Defense of Austrian Economics against Radical Subjectivism:- April 26, 2006
254. A Review of Edward W. Younkins's Philosophers of Capitalism:- May 5, 2006
255. Locke, Natural Rights, and the Sharon Statement:- May 8, 2006
256. Locke versus Calhoun on Natural Rights: The Natural Rightness of Locke:- May 8, 2006
257. Franklin Roosevelt versus Ronald Reagan and the American Heritage:- May 8, 2006
258. Undaunted Adherence to Personal Conviction in the Spreading of Ideas:- May 9, 2006
259. Lullaby, Op. 47:- May 12, 2006
260. The Harms of Drugs versus the Harms of the War on Drugs:- May 13, 2006
261. Working on the Fringes: How to Create Effective Political, Cultural, and Intellectual Change:- May 17, 2006
262. Five Arguments for the Non-Existence of God:- May 22, 2006
263. Franklin Roosevelt and the Fascists:- May 26, 2006
264. The Advantages of Immortality:- May 28, 2006
265. Trade is Mutually Beneficial:- June 1, 2006
266. Computer Programmers and Comparative Advantage:- June 7, 2006
267. The Quest for a New Enlightenment:- June 7, 2006
268. The Competition over Arcelor: Massive Steel Industry Consolidation?:- June 7, 2006
269. The United States: The Land of 8.9 Million Millionaires:- June 7, 2006
270. Coercion, Sacrifice, Trades, Opportunity Costs, Harms, Benefits, and Persuasion: An Intellectual Exchange:- June 17, 2006
271. The Absurd Superstition of the Paranormal:- June 19, 2006
272. On the Necessary Symbiosis between Length and Quality of Life:- June 27, 2006
273. Ideas Require Application:- July 5, 2006
274. Honesty versus Brutal Frankness:- July 15, 2006
275. Profit is Moral:- July 23, 2006
276. The Travesty of Mercy to Andrea Yates:- July 31, 2006
277. Winston Churchill's Welfare-Statism and the Dangers of Democracy:- September 8, 2006
278. In Praise of Investing Money Gained from Tax Cuts:- September 19, 2006
279. The War on Fanaticism, Savagery, and Murder-- not on Islam:- September 25, 2006
280. Arguments against the Labor Theory of Value:- October 19, 2006
281. Fr�d�ric Bastiat on Self-Interest:- November 15, 2006
282. Principles for Resolving the Premodern-Modern Controversy over Drug Legalization:- November 25, 2006
283. Responses to Leonid Fainberg's Comments on A Rational Cosmology: - November 25, 2006
284. A Review of Christopher Schlegel's Music for Electric Guitar and Classical Guitar: - November 26, 2006
285. A Review of Alan Caruba's Right Answers: - November 26, 2006
286. Life is Worth Living-- Forever: - December 26, 2006
287. The Characteristics and Evolution of Computer RPGs:- December 30, 2006
288. Morality Does Not Require Religion:- January 16, 2007
289. The Illusion of Success through Luck:- February 20, 2007
290. The Fate of War:- March 4, 2007
291. Incentives for Moral Behavior:- March 24, 2007
292. How to Privatize to Roads: The Benefits and Mechanisms of Road Privatization:- April 9, 2007
293. The Democratic Plan to Withdraw from Iraq: Back to Civilian Micromanagement of the Military: - April 23, 2007
294. Activism Without Thought: College Students' Support of Global Warming Propaganda:- April 23, 2007
295. An Exchange Regarding Global Warming and Journalism:- April 23, 2007
296. Valuing Short-Term Pleasure Over Life: The Culture of Abortion, Euthanasia, and Self-Inflicted Harm:- April 23, 2007
297. The Environmentalist Menace:- April 23, 2007
298. Hopeful Developments for the Right to Life and the Right to Free Speech:- May 1, 2007
299. Living Off Food Stamps and Evading the True Welfare Issues:- May 9, 2007
300. Ludwig von Mises on Profit, Loss, the Entrepreneur, and Consumer Sovereignty:- May 12, 2007
301. An Analysis of the Views of the German Historical School and the Austrian School on the Use of Theory and History in Economics:- May 12, 2007
302. William Stanley Jevons and Alfred Marshall on the Role of Marginal Utility in Economics:- May 12, 2007
303. An Overview of Soviet Economic Policies:- May 12, 2007
304. Why the Soviet Economy Initially Grew and Ultimately Failed:- May 12, 2007
305. William Arthur Lewis's Two-Sector Economic Growth Model and Its Failure:- May 12, 2007
306. Why So Loud?: The Youth Culture of Escapism:- May 19, 2007
307. A Victory against Terrorism in Fort Dix:- May 19, 2007
308. Why Entrepreneurs Do Not Need Government Regulation:- May 25, 2007
309. Thomas Jefferson's Arguments for Nullification and Limited Government in the 1798 Kentucky Resolutions:- May 25, 2007
310. John Marshall versus Thomas Jefferson on Constitutional Interpretation:- May 25, 2007
311. The Contemporary Debate on Constitutional Interpretation: William Brennan's Living Constitutionalism versus Lino Graglia's Originalism:- May 25, 2007
312. Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln on Ultimate Sovereignty in Interpreting the Constitution:- May 26, 2007
313. John C. Calhoun's False Arguments in Defense of Slavery:- May 26, 2007
314. The Dred Scott Decision and Criticisms of It by John McLean and Abraham Lincoln:- May 26, 2007
315. Key Arguments in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates:- May 26, 2007
316. Implied Consent: Cast of Characters and Act I, Scene I:- May 27, 2007
317. Implied Consent: Act I, Scene II:- May 27, 2007
318. Implied Consent: Act I, Scene III:- May 27, 2007
319. Implied Consent: Act I, Scene IV:- May 27, 2007
320. Implied Consent: Act I, Scene V:- May 27, 2007
321. Implied Consent: Act I, Scene VI:- May 27, 2007
322. Implied Consent: Act II, Scene I:- May 27, 2007
323. Implied Consent: Act II, Scene II:- May 27, 2007
324. Implied Consent: Act II, Scene III:- May 27, 2007
325. Implied Consent: Act II, Scene IV:- May 27, 2007
326. Implied Consent: Act II, Scene V:- May 27, 2007
327. Implied Consent: Act III, Scene I:- May 27, 2007
328. Implied Consent: Act III, Scene II:- May 27, 2007
329. Implied Consent: Act III, Scene III:- May 27, 2007
330. Implied Consent: Act III, Scene IV:- May 27, 2007
331. Implied Consent: Act III, Scene V:- May 27, 2007
332. Implied Consent: Act III, Scene VI:- May 27, 2007
333. Implied Consent: Act IV, Scene I:- May 27, 2007
334. Implied Consent: Act IV, Scene II:- May 27, 2007
335. Implied Consent: Act IV, Scene III:- May 27, 2007
336. Implied Consent: Act IV, Scene IV:- May 27, 2007
337. Implied Consent: Act IV, Scene V:- May 27, 2007
338. How John Dewey and the "Progressives" Redefined the Meaning of "Liberalism":- June 9, 2007
339. Franklin Roosevelt's and Lyndon Johnson's Assault on the U. S. Constitution and Limited Government:- June 9, 2007
340. How the "Progressives" Bullied the Supreme Court to Redefine the Meaning of Words in the Constitution:- June 9, 2007
341. Gary Lawson's Critique of the Unconstitutional Post-New-Deal American Administrative State:- June 9, 2007
342. The Ethical Case for the Right to Secrecy in Science:- June 16, 2007
343. An Analysis of the Ideas of Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, and Tom Tancredo:- June 16, 2007
344. An Analysis of the Ideas of Sam Brownback:- June 16, 2007
345. An Analysis of the Ideas of Duncan Hunter:- June 16, 2007
346. The Inefficiency and Harms of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA):- June 17, 2007
347. A Refutation of Common Misconceptions about Cloning:- June 17, 2007
348. Truths and Fallacies about the Future of Cloning:- June 17, 2007
349. An Individualist Opposition to the Forced Teaching of Creationism and Intelligent Design:- June 17, 2007
350. What's Up? Quite a Few Things!:- June 19, 2007
351. An Integrated View of the American Historical Debates on Interpreting the Constitution:- June 19, 2007
352. The Ideas of America's Founders: Problems and Principles for Creating a Republic:- June 19, 2007
353. The Ideas of America's Founders: The Separation of Powers:- June 19, 2007
354. The Ideas of America's Founders: Controlling the Violence of Faction Through an Extended Republic:- June 20, 2007
355. The Ideas of America's Founders: The Debate Over the Bill of Rights:- June 20, 2007
356. The Ideas of America's Founders: The Executive and Judicial Branches of Government:- June 20, 2007
357. The Ideas of America's Founders: The Bicameral Legislature:- June 20, 2007
358. An Analysis of Richard Dawkins's Views on Cultural Evolution:- June 22, 2007
359. The Ideas of America's Founders: The Compound Republic:- June 22, 2007
360. Explaining Human Dominance Through Evolution and Physiology:- June 22, 2007
361. The Necessity of Independent Individual Judgment in Evaluating a Scientific Theory:- June 22, 2007
362. How Martin Luther and John Calvin Conducted Witch Hunts and Persecuted Dissenters:- June 24, 2007
363. The History and Significance of the Machine Gun:- June 24, 2007
364. Why the Government Should Regulate the Weather:- June 24, 2007
365. Exploring Interesting Questions About the Human Brain:- June 24, 2007
366. Sophocles' Antigone and the Unalienable Rights of Man:- June 30, 2007
367. Why Galileo Was Not a Coward:- June 30, 2007
368. An Analysis of the Various Kinds of Humor: Puns and Humor Through Wordplay:- June 30, 2007
369. An Analysis of the Various Kinds of Humor: Satire and Humor Through Absurdity:- June 30, 2007
370. An Analysis of the Various Kinds of Humor: Humor Through Coincidence and Mutually Reinforcing Events:- June 30, 2007
371. An Analysis of the Ideas of Fred Thompson:- July 5, 2007
372. Hamas's Takeover of Gaza: How Appeasement Amplifies Violence:- July 5, 2007
373. Rights, Retribution, and Capital Punishment:- July 7, 2007
374. Theoretical and Practical Deliberations on Productivity:- July 20, 2007
375. A Plan for Cutting Big Government:- July 20, 2007
376. How Big Government Breeds Vice: Perverse Incentives of the Welfare State:- July 20, 2007
377. How Affirmative Action Harms the Best Minority Individuals:- July 20, 2007
378. Imperfect Knowledge, Entrepreneurship, and the Pure Entrepreneur:- July 21, 2007
379. Hiding Weakness Through Speech Codes:- July 29, 2007
380. Oedipus Exonerated: The Many Murderers of Laios in Sophocles's Oedipus Rex:- August 9, 2007
381. How Public Education Creates the Generation Gap:- August 9, 2007
382. Free-Market Entrepreneurship as Inherently Competitive:- August 11, 2007
383. A Review of Dr. Robert P. Murphy's The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism:- August 12, 2007
384. The Non-Theistic Origin of Moral Law: Arguments Regarding C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity:- August 13, 2007
385. Israel Kirzner's View of Monopoly and Its Real-World Implications:- August 14, 2007
386. The Harms of Inflation versus the Benefits of Deflation:- August 14, 2007
387. The Follies of Gun Control:- August 14, 2007
388. The Inability of Economics to Distinguish Between Production Costs and Selling Costs:- August 16, 2007
389. Israel Kirzner's Analysis of Transaction Costs and the Entrepreneurial Nature of Resource Allocation:- August 17, 2007
390. The Overlooked Benefits of Traditional Morality:- August 17, 2007
391. Keep Young Kids at Home:- August 31, 2007
392. The Three Big Expenses: College Education:- August 31, 2007
393. The Three Big Expenses: Health Care:- September 19, 2007
394. The Three Big Expenses: Real Estate:- October 11, 2007
395. John Dewey and the Chaos of Contemporary Public Education:- October 11, 2007
396. Affirmative Action and Blood Guilt:- October 11, 2007
397. Lethal Injection: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?:- October 20, 2007
398. Islamic Fundamentalism versus the West: The Battle of Weaknesses:- October 20, 2007
399. Leftists are Reactionaries, Not Progressives:- October 20, 2007
400. The Fiscal Restriction Amendment:- November 10, 2007
401. Pinellas County Eviscerates Free Speech:- November 10, 2007
402. Why Families Make Sense:- November 10, 2007
403. Atheism Facts and Myths:- November 10, 2007
404. Why Tariffs Hurt Domestic Industries:- November 10, 2007
405. A Review of Ron Arnold's Freezing in the Dark:- November 10, 2007
406. Spreading Freedom: What Works and What Fails:- November 23, 2007
407. Creative Approaches to Fighting Abortion:- November 23, 2007
408. The Non-Inevitability of America's Defeat in Vietnam:- November 30, 2007
409. Arrested for the Truth:- December 9, 2007
410. The Fault With No-Fault Divorce:- December 9, 2007
411. The Antitrust Cases Against Microsoft (1990-2001) and Arguments for the Legitimacy of Microsoft's Conduct:- December 10, 2007
412. Dominick T. Armentano's Arguments for the Repeal of All Antitrust Laws: Part I:- December 11, 2007
413. Former Chicago Health Inspector Confesses to Making the Market Freer:- December 13, 2007
414. Dominick T. Armentano's Arguments for the Repeal of All Antitrust Laws: Part II:- December 13, 2007
415. Board of Trustees Exposes Blatant Fiscal Abuse at Chicago State University:- December 13, 2007
416. Government Health Regulation is Unhealthy:- December 13, 2007
417. Dominick T. Armentano's Arguments for the Repeal of All Antitrust Laws: Part III: - December 15, 2007
418. Dominick T. Armentano's Arguments for the Repeal of All Antitrust Laws: Part IV:- December 15, 2007
419. Dominick T. Armentano's Arguments for the Repeal of All Antitrust Laws: Part V:- December 15, 2007
420. Waltz #5, Op. 48:- December 21, 2007
421. Waltz #6, Op. 49:- December 21, 2007
422. What the Laws of Physics Are and Why They Could Not Have Been Created:- December 23, 2007
423. Choosing Liberty: My Endorsement of Ron Paul for President in 2008:- December 24, 2007
424. Socialized Healthcare: When Money Trumps Life:- December 29, 2007
425. Power Symmetries and Asymmetries:- December 29, 2007
426. My Endorsement of Ron Paul for President - Video: Part 1:- December 29, 2007
427. My Endorsement of Ron Paul for President - Video: Part 2:- December 29, 2007
428. My Endorsement of Ron Paul for President - Video: Part 3:- December 29, 2007
429. Socialized Healthcare: When Money Trumps Life - Video:- December 29, 2007
430. Why the Government Should Regulate the Weather -Video:- December 29, 2007
431. A Review of John F. Landrum's The Jonkheer's Wife: - December 31, 2007
432. An Atheist's Response to Pascal's Wager:- December 31, 2007
433. An Atheist's Response to Pascal's Wager -Video: - December 31, 2007
434. Insist on Being Treated Like an Adult: Support Ron Paul: - January 2, 2008
435. Insist on Being Treated Like an Adult: Support Ron Paul -Video: - January 2, 2008
436. People for the Evil Treatment of Animals: - January 9, 2008
437. New Republic Slanders Ron Paul, Engages in Vile Dishonesty - Video: - January 9, 2008
438. What Atheism Actually Is - Video: - January 9, 2008
439. Atheism Myths: #1: Atheists Hate God - Video:- January 9, 2008
440. Atheism Myths: #2: Atheists Hate Believers in God - Video:- January 9, 2008
441. Atheism Myths: #3: Atheists are Socialists or Totalitarians - Video:- January 9, 2008
442. Atheism Myths: #4: Atheists Lack Objective Moral Standards - Video:- January 9, 2008
443. Atheism Myths: #5: Atheism is a Religion - Video:- January 9, 2008
444. Atheism Myths: #6: Atheists Seek to Suppress Religion - Video:- January 9, 2008
445. The New Era of Decentralized Media: - January 10, 2008
446. Why I Call Myself an Atheist - Video: - January 13, 2008
447. PETA: People for the Evil Treatment of Animals - Video:- January 15, 2008
448. Government Health Regulation is Unhealthy - Video:- January 15, 2008
449. Why I Choose Atheism Over Agnosticism - Video:- January 15, 2008
450. Four Common Reasons for Atheism - Video:- January 18, 2008
451. Ron Paul Wins Second Place in Nevada - The Future of the Revolution - Video: - January 21, 2008
452. Common Reasons for Atheism: #5 and 6 - Video:- January 21, 2008
453. Why Wealth is Good - Video:- January 23, 2008454. Improving the Presidential Nomination Process: Holding All Primaries on the Same Day: - January 24, 2008
455. Improving the Presidential Nomination Process: Instantaneous Party Affiliation Changes:- January 27, 2008
456. Classical Liberal Tolerance - A Defense - Video:- January 27, 2008
457. Fanfare to Individualism, Op. 17:- January 28, 2008
458. Composition for Harpsichord and Piano, Op. 50:
- January 28, 2008
459. A Defense of Classical Liberal Tolerance:- January 31, 2008
460. Power Symmetries and Asymmetries: #1: What Power Is - Video:- February 3, 2008
461. Power Symmetries and Asymmetries: #2: Soft and Hard Power - Video:- February 3, 2008
462. Power Symmetries and
Asymmetries: #3: Definitions - Video:
- February 3, 2008
463. Power Symmetries and Asymmetries: #4: No-Harm Symmetries - Video:- February 3, 2008
464. Power Symmetries and Asymmetries: #5: Equal-Harm Symmetries - Video:- February 3, 2008
465. Power Symmetries and Asymmetries: #6 - Asymmetry Examples 1-5: - February 7, 2008
466. Power Symmetries and Asymmetries: #7: Asymmetry Examples 6-10 - Video:- February 7, 2008
467. Civility: A Powerful Weapon:- February 13, 2008
468. Power Symmetries and Asymmetries: #8: Asymmetry Examples 11-13 - Video:- February 16, 2008
469. Power Symmetries and Asymmetries: #9: The Growth of Power Asymmetries - Video:- February 16, 2008
470. Power Symmetries and Asymmetries: #10: The Future Counterpower - Video:- February 16, 2008
471. Improving the Presidential Nomination Process: Voting by Preferential Ballot:- February 20, 2008
472. Exertion, Op. 51:- February 24, 2008
473. The Illusion of Success Through Luck - Video:- February 25, 2008
474. Franklin Roosevelt and the Fascists - Video:- February 25, 2008
475. How to Approach Unjust Laws:- March 6, 2008
476. Individual Self-Determination Versus National Self-Determination:- March 6, 2008
477. Enabling Ethical Behavior Through Free Markets:- March 10, 2008
478. Sisyphus Vindicated:- March 10, 2008
479. Meaning Without Words:- March 10, 2008
480. Piano Composition #1, Op. 3:- March 10, 2008
481. Piano Composition #2, Op. 4:- March 10, 2008
482. March #2, Op. 9:- March 10, 2008
483. Piano Composition #5, Op. 8:- March 17, 2008
484. Piano Composition #6, Op. 10:- March 17, 2008
485. Piano Composition #7, Op. 12:- March 17, 2008
486. Abstract Chamber:- March 17, 2008
487. Polygon Emerald:- March 17, 2008
488. Tessellated Pyramid:- March 17, 2008
489. How to Deal With Intolerance - The Classical Liberal Way - Video: - March 21, 2008
490. Arguments Against Censorship of Free Speech - Video:- March 22, 2008
491. Why Freedom is Free
and Rights are Right: The Case Against Conscription, Compulsion, and
Confiscation: - March 23, 2008
492. Objective, Inalienable Natural Rights - Without Authority: - March 30, 2008
493. Rights Precede Morality - Video:- March 30, 2008
494. Liberty Causes
Progress:- April 3, 2008
495. A Victory Against Book-Burning and Intolerance - Video:- April 3, 2008
496. Productivity Versus Compulsion: Ayn Rand's Case for Laissez-Faire Capitalism:- April 12, 2008
497. Spirograph Cube: - April 27, 2008
499. March #8, Op. 52:- May 4, 2008
500. Escalation, Op. 53:- May 19, 2008
501. Why the Possibility of Miscarriage Does Not Justify Abortion:- May 20, 2008
502. Why a Woman's Right to Her Body Does Not Justify Abortion:
- May 20, 2008
503. Why the Right Should Stop Attacking Homosexuality:- May 29, 2008
504. Arguing That Atheists are Immoral is Un-Christian and Wrong - Video:- May 30, 2008
505. The Best Self-Help is Free: Introduction:- June 2, 2008
506. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 1: The Need for External Feedback:- June 2, 2008
507. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 2: The Limits of Knowledge, Ideas, and Impressions:- June 2, 2008
508. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 3: The Myth of Complete Happiness:- June 3, 2008
509. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 4: The Greatest Problem of the Human Condition:- June 5, 2008
510. Message to YouTube: Stop Banning Users Without Due Process!:- June 5, 2008
511. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 5: Incremental Progress:- June 6, 2008
512. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 13: Making Accomplishments Work for You:- June 7, 2008
513. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 14: The Virtue of Self-Promotion:- June 8, 2008
514. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 15: Creating an Effective Public Image:- June 9, 2008
515. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 16: Avoiding "Trench Warfare" Issues in Argumentation and Communication:- June 10, 2008
516. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 18: Effective Methods of Persuasion:- June 11, 2008
517. The First Atheists:- June 11, 2008
518. The Threat of Collectivism in Our Time:- June 12, 2008
519. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 19: Avoiding Futile Endeavors:- June 14, 2008
520. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 20: Gaining Value from Other People:- June 15, 2008
521. The Best Self-Help is Free: Chapter 21: Focusing on Conclusions in Persuasion:- June 17, 2008
522. Piano Composition #3, Op. 5:- June 17, 2008
523. Piano Composition #4 (Industry), Op. 7:- June 17, 2008
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